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JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?" DeGaulle did not respond.
You could have heard a pin drop.

When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of 'empire building' by George Bush.
He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."
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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying, "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."
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Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !"
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."
You could have heard a pin drop.

This s**t again? How many times are you going to copy paste it from reddit or autoaddmit or wherever it comes from. Let me give you the rundown. We've already seen it and discussed it and nobody cared 2 s**ts about it.

Pierre LeBrett, an elderly gentleman of 257, arrived in New York by plane. At U.S Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
"You have been to America before, sir?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. LeBrett admitted that he had been to the U.S. previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The Frenchman said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible. French citizens always have to show their passports on arrival in America!"
The French senior gave the American a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore in Newport in 1780 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single American to show a passport to."
You could have heard a pin drop.

The thing is that they are fake and bla bla bla and in the end we always have 3 or 4 sock puppets trying to bump it up and push it on people. Look. Its been done once, its been done twice... and we don't care about it anymore. We should start creating ones that reference how the US revolution had a huge support from the french and without the french the USA would not exist.

Incorrect, sh!tlib. The Colin Powell one was widely reported in England as it happened (was living there). And the Rusk/de Gaulle incident has long been known about. Now p*** off and go tell someone how Bush created 911. A*^hole.

The thing is that they are fake and bla bla bla and in the end we always have 3 or 4 sock puppets trying to bump it up and push it on people. Look. Its been done once, its been done twice... and we don't care about it anymore. We should start creating ones that reference how the US revolution had a huge support from the french and without the french the USA would not exist.

''Well, when I came ashore in Newport in 1780 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single American to show a passport to."
You could have heard a pin drop.

French support was almost exclusively monetary and naval. There wasn't large-scale participation of French ground forces in the American Revolution. That's no to say that French support wasn't important (it was).

Similarly, there was no large-scale participation of French ground forces in the liberation of France at the Normandy landings...

A liberal muslim homosexual ACLU lawyer professor and abortion doctor was teaching a class on Karl Marx.
'Before the class begins, you must get on your knees and worship MArx and accept that he was the most highly -evolved being that the world has ever known, even greater than Jesus Christ"

At this moment, a brave, patriotic, pro-life Navy SEAL champion who had served 1500 tours of duty and understood the necessity of war and fully supported all military decision made by the United States stood up and held up a rock.

"Wrong. It's been 5,000 years since God created it, If it was 4.6 billion years old and evolution, as you say, is real.... then it should be an animal now."

The Professor was visibly shaken and dropped his copy of Origin of the Species.He stormed out of the room crying those liberal crocodile tears.

The students applauded and all registered Republican that day and accepted Jesus as their lord and savior. An eagle named "Small Government" flew into the room and perched atop the American Flag and shed a tear on the chalk board. The pledge of allegiance was read several times, and God himself showed up and enacted a flat tax rate across the country.

The professor lost his tenure and was fired the next day. He died of the gay plague AIDS and was tossed into the lake of fire for all eternity.

Will Smith arrived in Mumbai by plane. At Indian Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
The customs officer pretended to look busy until it was clear Mr. Smith was not going to pay a bribe. The customs officer then asked "Sir, you have been to India before, sir? Perhaps you are having some fruits in your bags?"
Mr. Smith admitted that he had been to India previously.
"Well then you should be knowing full well when to be ready with your passport and to not be carrying such fruits."
Will Smith said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it, nobody asked for fruit, and nobody was trying to shake me down for cash either."
"Sir, I am sure that you think that is true but it cannot be so. We are always very careful here that all citizens always have to show their passports upon arrival in India. And if you are implying that I am not ethical or following the procedures then I will have to file the necessary reports and have you speak with a supervisor who, I am sure, is very busy and so will not see you until a few hours."
Will Smith gave the Indian a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came here on Independence Day to kill the aliens and save the whole world, including this country, I couldn't find a single Indian customs officer to show a passport to. And nobody gave a damn about my carry-on bags."

With this, an eagle flew in and perched on Will's shoulder, tearing the shirt to reveal an American flag tattoo. The customs officer wept at his insolence and immediately repented for being corrupt.